DudleyNMU
The Maine coast you you know is a very long coastline and it offers lots of chances to dive. The is a good amount of public access though some of it is hard to learn about. I have tried to share some neat spots that I enjoy here in
my site guide. Living near Kennebunk as I do the bulk of my information centers in my local area. You will see references to a few of the other sites up the coast towards Bath and beyond. Thee are also 2 published guide books on the region. Jerry Shines' book on New England and Steve Audet's booklet on Maine. There are a lot of opportunities if you are willing to think out of the box and have the soul of an explorer. Maine diving does is what you make of it. I am especially fond of the Acadia national Park region.
My passion is shore diving and there are a good many sites still on my list of places to try. There are some dive boats operating. they are in the BYO format and range from boats outfitted for diving to simple transport with a rudimentary ladder.
For all of our coastline and with the highest percentage of fresh water coverage in the country there are precious few dive shops.
Here are those I am aware of. If anyone knows information of others please e-mail or PM me so I can add them.
There is wreck diving but again the market to run boats and divers to fill them is scant so it's largely a DIY thing. One exception is the Jessica Ann that
Maine Diver Scuba Center has been rigging as a destination for some of their dive trips. More info is on their site.
There is another boat operator of note operating from Port Clyde, Sea Ventures that offers a number of dives. mentioned above.
If you happen to be in the area and would like to dive let me know and we can see how schedules mesh. I also invite you to drop in for a meeting of the
Maine-iac Divers. We have some members from the mid coast region that are active boater/divers and it would be a good chance to network.
Pete